OWENSBORO, Ky. – Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly tells the Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer that he is trying to get a Real ID office for Owensboro. Real ID is a federally mandated form of identification that meets new security standards for state driver’s licenses and identification cards. Beginning Oct. 1, Real ID or certain alternatives will be necessary to board airplanes or…
MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. – Paleontologists working at Mammoth Cave National Park say they have discovered shark fossils that include part of a shark head and dorsal fins. The Courier-Journal reports fossils of shark teeth are common, but fossilized skeletons are uncommon because cartilage does not typically survive. Paleontologist John-Paul Hodnett visited the cave in November and says “my mind was…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A Planned Parenthood clinic in Louisville is resuming abortions later this year after the procedure was halted in 2016. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky announced Friday that its Louisville center received a provisional license from Kentucky officials, making it the second abortion provider in Kentucky. The group says the license allows for a full range of…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has voted to strengthen the legislative ethics code by adding sexual harassment to the list of violations. The bill passed the House on an 85-0 vote Friday. It now goes to the Senate. Republican Rep. Kimberly Poore Moser, is the bill’s lead sponsor. She says the legislation reflects bipartisan work spanning the past…
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — An aluminum company planning to build a $1.7 billion plant in Appalachia has announced a management shakeup. The announcement is being disputed by an executive at Braidy Industries. The boardroom drama began when Braidy said Thursday that Chairman and CEO Craig Bouchard would step down from that role. The company offered no reason for the change….
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country star Billy Ray Cyrus says it’s more than luck that’s landed him in the middle of massive pop culture moments over his three-decade long career in music and TV. The Kentucky singer finally took home his first Grammys this year for his collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X on “Old Town Road.” He was nominated 28…
PADUCAH, Ky. – A jury has convicted a former Kentucky jailer on one count of perjury. News outlets reported jurors handed down the verdict Thursday in the trial of former McCracken County Jailer Tonya Ray. She was charged with lying under oath about jail policies that would have been in place when a former jail deputy was charged with official…
WASHINGTON – Former Marine combat aviator Amy McGrath, who has raised more than $16 million in her Democratic bid to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in November in Kentucky, is endorsing Joe Biden for president. Amy McGrath made the announcement Friday. Biden campaigned in Kentucky for McGrath in 2018 in her unsuccessful race for a U.S. House seat. She…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Officials said the number of travelers taking flights at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport last year set a record. The airport announced in a statement on Thursday that 2019 was its busiest year yet with 4.2 million passengers. That’s nearly 300,000 more than it had in 2000, when there were 3.9 million passengers. Dan Mann…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Two dozen people died in mining accidents in the U.S. last year. The Department of Labor says it’s the lowest nationwide total ever recorded. According to data from the Mine Safety and Health Administration, among those deaths were 11 deaths in coal mines, including four in West Virginia and four in Kentucky. The coal mine total…
